In a recent article in Slate entitled “The Unintended Consequences of Trying to Replicate Research,” IVAN ORANSKY and ADAM MARCUS from Retraction Watch argue that replications can exacerbate research unreliability. The argument assumes that publication bias is more likely to favour confirming replication studies over disconfirming studies. To read more, click here.
As reported in a previous blog post, the Economics E-Journal has launched a new replication section. As part of this initiative, we have developed a set of guidelines for replication submissions. These guidelines seek to strike a reasonable balance among the needs of replicating authors (a fair chance to publish replications), replicated authors (protection against poorly-done replication studies), and readers (who need to know in a timely manner whether or not economics research is robust).